NFL free agency: Will Detroit Lions be prudent, shop for bargains? It worked for Super Bowl champion Seahawks

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Mar. 9, 2014

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They built the foundation for their Super Bowl championship team in the draft, finding inexpensive, young players at virtually every position.

But as good as the Seattle Seahawks have been at mining talent from the college ranks, last year they followed the perfect blueprint for free agency, too.

Seeking a few final pieces to round out their nucleus, the Seahawks spent the first 24 hours of free agency in hibernation. They watched big-ticket signees fly off the board to Miami and Indianapolis and Tampa Bay, and when the opening rush was done, they swooped in to land two of free agency's best ...